Love leads USA over Tunisia, 110-63

Timberwolves’ All-Star Kevin Love paced the United States with 16 points en route to a 110-63 win over Tunisia at the London Olympics on Tuesday. Love has scored 30 points in the last two games. Carmelo Anthony also scored 16 points.

The U.S. men’s team played an exhibition game against Brazil and held on for an 80-69 win. Not exactly the most impressive victory for a team trying to convince the world they could beat the 1992 Dream Team. Wolves star Kevin Love spent most of the game on the bench.

The United States men's Olympic basketball team destroyed Nigeria, 156-73 to improve to 3-0 in London. The previous record for points in a game was 138. The previous high for a U.S. team was 127 by the 1992 Dream Team. The American's hit a record 29 three-pointers and Carmelo Anthony set a U.S. record with 37 points.

Kevin Love and Nikola Pekovic combined for 63 points and 29 rebounds as the Timberwolves crushed the Rockets 111-98 in Houston on Friday night. Minnesota wins the season series, three games to one. Ricky Rubio added 18 points and 9 assists.

Kevin Love scored 34 points and pulled down 15 rebounds to lead the Wolves past the Hornets, 85-80 Friday night in New Orleans. Ricky Rubio made his first career start. He finished with 12 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds in a team high 43 minutes.

Kevin Love is doing a lot this year. He's fifth in the NBA in scoring and second in rebounding. Love wouldn't be able to pile up the stats if he wasn't piling up the minutes. He leads the NBA at 39.8 minutes/game. Love says he feels "pretty dang good" for playing so many minutes in a condensed season.

The Timberwolves pounded Portland, 106-94 Wednesday night at Target Center for their third straight win, and fifth straight at home. Kevin Love continued his torrid pace with 29 points and 16 rebounds and Wes Johnson had his best game as a pro, scoring 19 points on 8-11 shooting.

According to Sheridan Hoops, Kevin Love is one of 19 NBA players to be named to the preliminary Team USA roster for the 2012 Olympics. The roster will eventually be cut down to 12 players, but it's quite the accomplishment for the Timberwolves' best player.